The QMimeData class provides a container for data and the associated MIME type. More...

Inheritance diagram for QMimeData:

Public Methods
	QMimeData ()

	~QMimeData ()

void	clear ()

QVariant	colorData () const

QByteArray	data (const QString &mimeType) const

virtual QStringList	formats () const

bool	hasColor () const

virtual bool	hasFormat (const QString &mimeType) const

bool	hasHtml () const

bool	hasImage () const

bool	hasText () const

bool	hasUrls () const

QString	html () const

QVariant	imageData () const

void	removeFormat (const QString &mimeType)

void	setColorData (const QVariant &color)

void	setData (const QString &mimeType, const QByteArray &data)

void	setHtml (const QString &html)

void	setImageData (const QVariant &image)

void	setText (const QString &text)

void	setUrls (const QList< QUrl > &urls)

QString	text () const

QList< QUrl >	urls () const

Public Methods inherited from QObject
	QObject (QObject *parent=nullptr)

	~QObject ()

bool	blockSignals (bool block)

const QList< QObject * > &	children () const

bool	connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

bool	connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

bool	disconnect (const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

bool	disconnect (const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

bool	disconnect (const QString &signalMethod=QString (), const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

void	dumpObjectInfo ()

void	dumpObjectTree ()

QList< QString >	dynamicPropertyNames () const

virtual bool	event (QEvent *event)

virtual bool	eventFilter (QObject watched, QEvent event)

template<typename T >
T	findChild (const QString &childName=QString ()) const

template<class T >
QList< T >	findChildren (const QRegularExpression &regExp, Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const

template<class T >
QList< T >	findChildren (const QString &childName=QString (), Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const

bool	inherits (const QString &className) const

void	installEventFilter (QObject *filterObj)

bool	isWidgetType () const

bool	isWindowType () const

void	killTimer (int id)

const QMetaObject *	metaObject () const

void	moveToThread (QThread *targetThread)

QString	objectName () const

QObject *	parent () const

template<class T = QVariant>
T	property (const QString &name) const

void	removeEventFilter (QObject *obj)

void	setObjectName (const QString &name)

void	setParent (QObject *parent)

bool	setProperty (const QString &name, const QVariant &value)

bool	signalsBlocked () const

int	startTimer (int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType=Qt::CoarseTimer)

QThread *	thread () const

Protected Methods
virtual QVariant	retrieveData (const QString &mimeType, QVariant::Type preferredType) const

Protected Methods inherited from QObject
virtual void	childEvent (QChildEvent *event)

virtual void	connectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

virtual void	customEvent (QEvent *event)

virtual void	disconnectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

bool	isSignalConnected (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

int	receivers (const QString &signal) const

QObject *	sender () const

int	senderSignalIndex () const

virtual void	timerEvent (QTimerEvent *event)

Additional Inherited Members
Public Signals inherited from QObject
void	destroyed (QObject *obj=nullptr)

void	objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName)

Public Slots inherited from QObject
void	deleteLater ()

Static Public Methods inherited from QObject
static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection, const QString &location=QString ())

static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool	connect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::slotMethod)(SlotArgs...), Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool	connect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotLambda, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, std::nullptr_t, const QObject receiver, std::nullptr_t)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::slotMethod)(SlotArgs...))

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, std::nullptr_t slotMethod=nullptr)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotMethod)

static QMetaObject &	staticMetaObject ()

static QString	tr (const char text, const char comment=nullptr, std::optional< int > numArg=std::optional< int >())

Properties inherited from QObject
	objectName

Related Functions inherited from QObject
T	qobject_cast (QObject *object)

	QObjectList

Detailed Description

The QMimeData class provides a container for data and the associated MIME type.

QMimeData is used to describe information that can be stored in the clipboard, and transferred via the Drag and Drop mechanism. QMimeData objects associate the data that they hold with the corresponding MIME types to ensure that information can be safely transferred between applications, and copied around within the same application.

QMimeData objects are usually created using new and supplied to QDrag or QClipboard objects. This is to enable CopperSpice to manage the memory that they use.

A single QMimeData object can store the same data using several different formats at the same time. The formats() function returns a list of the available formats in order of preference. The data() function returns the raw data associated with a MIME type, and setData() allows you to set the data for a MIME type.

QMimeData provides various methods to access data for the most common MIME types.

Tester	Getter	Setter	MIME Types
hasText()	text()	setText()	`text/plain`
hasHtml()	html()	setHtml()	`text/html`
hasUrls()	urls()	setUrls()	`text/uri-list`
hasImage()	imageData()	setImageData()	`image/` *
hasColor()	colorData()	setColorData()	`application/x-color`

For example, if your write a widget that accepts URL drags, you would end up writing code like this:

void MyWidget::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
{
   if (event->mimeData()->hasUrls()) {
      event->acceptProposedAction();
   }
}
 
void MyWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
{
   if (event->mimeData()->hasUrls()) {
      for (QUrl url : event->mimeData()->urls()) {
         // ...
      }
   }
}

There are three approaches for storing custom data in a QMimeData object.

Custom data can be stored directly in a QMimeData object as a QByteArray using setData().

QByteArray csvData = ...;

QMimeData *mimeData = new QMimeData;

mimeData->setData("text/csv", csvData);
Herit from QMimeData and reimplement hasFormat(), formats(), and retrieveData().
If the drag and drop operation occurs within a single application, we can subclass QMimeData and add extra data in it, and use a qobject_cast() in the receiver's drop event handler.

void MyWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)

{

const MyMimeData *myData = qobject_cast<const MyMimeData *>(event->mimeData());

if (myData) {

// access myData's data directly (not through QMimeData's API)

}

}

Platform-Specific MIME Types

On Windows, formats() will also return custom formats available in the MIME data, using the x-qt-windows-mime subtype to indicate that they represent data in non-standard formats. The formats will take the following form.

application/x-qt-windows-mime;value="<custom type>"

The following are examples of custom MIME types.

application/x-qt-windows-mime;value="FileGroupDescriptor"

application/x-qt-windows-mime;value="FileContents"

The value declaration of each format describes the way in which the data is encoded.

See also: QClipboard, QDragEnterEvent, QDragMoveEvent, QDropEvent, QDrag, Drag and Drop

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QMimeData::QMimeData ( )

Constructs a new MIME data object with no data in it.

QMimeData::~QMimeData ( )

Destroys the MIME data object.

Method Documentation

void QMimeData::clear ( )

Removes all the MIME type and data entries in the object.

QVariant QMimeData::colorData ( ) const

Returns a color if the data stored in the object represents a color (MIME type application/x-color), otherwise returns a null variant.

A QVariant is used because QMimeData is in the CsCore library, whereas QColor is part of CsGui. To convert the QVariant to a QColor, simply use qvariant_cast().

if (event->mimeData()->hasColor()) {
   QColor color = qvariant_cast<QColor>(event->mimeData()->colorData());
 
   // ...
}

See also: hasColor(), setColorData(), data()

QByteArray QMimeData::data ( const QString & mimeType ) const

Returns the data stored in the object in the format described by the MIME type specified by mimeType.

See also: setData()

QStringList QMimeData::formats ( ) const

virtual

Returns a list of formats supported by the object. This is a list of MIME types for which the object can return suitable data. The formats in the list are in a priority order.

For the most common types of data, you can call the higher-level functions hasText(), hasHtml(), hasUrls(), hasImage(), and hasColor() instead.

See also: hasFormat(), setData(), data()

bool QMimeData::hasColor ( ) const

Returns true if the object can return a color (MIME type application/x-color), otherwise returns false.

See also: setColorData(), colorData(), hasFormat()

bool QMimeData::hasFormat ( const QString & mimeType ) const

virtual

Returns true if the object can return data for the MIME type specified by mimeType, otherwise returns false.

For the most common types of data, you can call the higher-level functions hasText(), hasHtml(), hasUrls(), hasImage(), and hasColor() instead.

See also: formats(), setData(), data()

bool QMimeData::hasHtml ( ) const

Returns true if the object can return HTML (MIME type text/html), otherwise returns false.

See also: setHtml(), html(), hasFormat()

bool QMimeData::hasImage ( ) const

Returns true if the object can return an image, otherwise returns false.

See also: setImageData(), imageData(), hasFormat()

bool QMimeData::hasText ( ) const

Returns true if the object can return plain text (MIME type text/plain), otherwise returns false.

See also: setText(), text(), hasHtml(), hasFormat()

bool QMimeData::hasUrls ( ) const

Returns true if the object can return a list of urls, otherwise returns false.

URLs correspond to the MIME type text/uri-list.

See also: setUrls(), urls(), hasFormat()

QString QMimeData::html ( ) const

Returns a string if the data stored in the object is HTML (MIME type text/html), otherwise returns an empty string.

See also: setHtml(), hasHtml(), setData()

QVariant QMimeData::imageData ( ) const

Returns a QVariant storing a QImage if the object can return an image, otherwise returns a null variant. A QVariant is used because QMimeData is in the CsCore library, whereas QImage is part of CsGui. To convert the QVariant to a QImage, simply use qvariant_cast().

if (event->mimeData()->hasImage()) {
    QImage image = qvariant_cast<QImage>(event->mimeData()->imageData());
 
    // ...
}

See also: setImageData(), hasImage()

void QMimeData::removeFormat ( const QString & mimeType )

Removes the data entry for mimeType in the object.

QVariant QMimeData::retrieveData	(	const QString &	mimeType,
		QVariant::Type	preferredType
	)		const

protectedvirtual

Returns a variant with the given preferredType containing data for the MIME type specified by mimeType. If the object does not support the MIME type or variant type given, a null variant is returned instead.

This method is called by the general data() getter and by the convenience getters (text(), html(), urls(), imageData(), and colorData()). You can reimplement it if you want to store your data using a custom data structure (instead of a QByteArray, which is what setData() provides). You would then also need to reimplement hasFormat() and formats().

See also: data()

void QMimeData::setColorData ( const QVariant & color )

Sets the color data in the object to the given color.

Colors correspond to the MIME type application/x-color.

See also: colorData(), hasColor(), setData()

void QMimeData::setData	(	const QString &	mimeType,
		const QByteArray &	data
	)

Sets the data associated with the MIME type given by mimeType to the specified data. For the most common types of data, you can call the higher-level functions setText(), setHtml(), setUrls(), setImageData(), and setColorData() instead.

See also: data(), hasFormat(), QVariant

void QMimeData::setHtml ( const QString & html )

Sets html as the HTML (MIME type text/html) used to represent the data.

See also: html(), hasHtml(), setText(), setData()

void QMimeData::setImageData ( const QVariant & image )

Sets the data in the object to the given image. A QVariant is used because QMimeData is in the CsCore library, whereas QImage is part of CsGui. The conversion from QImage to QVariant is implicit.

mimeData->setImageData(QImage("rose.png"));